Word: maintainable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...larger number who have been tagged as much as seven or eight times and do not report to the Station with them, have escaped punishment. Largely because of the difficulty in looking up plates in the Registrar's office and sifting out the excuses of owners who maintain that someone, since forgotten, borrowed the car the night it was tagged, police have been unable to send summonses to men who have not brought in their tags. To avoid this injustice they started the practice this week of towing cars away after four warnings...
Double Negative. The U. S. was about to flex its historic policy of isolation. Ambassador Davis phrased this decision in an immensely skillful double negative to weave between the hopes of Europe and the fears of Congress. The U. S. did not promise to act with Europe to maintain peace. It promised that it would refrain from hindering the actions of others. The meat of the Davis speech lay in its middle. Excerpts...
Thus began the "re-enactment"' of the first balloon ascension made 150 years ago at Annonay, France by the Brothers Montgolfier. The Montgolfiers' balloon (globe aerostatique) likewise was lifted by hot air. It carried a lire grate beneath the open mouth of the bag to maintain the hot air supply. The Bonettes were commemorating that event, but their balloon relied on its original supply of hot air. At about 3,000 ft. it struck a layer of cold air, began to shrink and descend. That should have been the signal for King Louie to jump with his chute...
...whom they no longer share their lives. And while admitting the possibility of ex-husbands' reducing their separated wives' allowances from convenience rather than necessity, I thoroughly deplored the legal precedent which had kept 130 men in a New York City jail because they were unable to maintain irate wives...
Beginning this week anyone may buy all the good red liquor that his physician honestly believes he needs to maintain the patient's health. Before prescribing, the physician must give the patient a "careful physical examination." But if such examination is "impractical," the physician may prescribe "upon the best information obtainable a 3O-day, or in special cases, a 90-day supply...